Hammer down at the RIA

alvin · 12-19-2017, 06:56 PM

Live Bidding Fee $217.50 -- So, you went there? They charged you a fee on sitting there bidding?

In Julia, I saw a sign saying for winners spending $15,000, they discount $200. For winner spending $18,000, they discount $300. Of course, no one intentionally spending thousands to get that discount. It's not enough to cover the traveling cost either. But, at least, they do encourage bidders going there.

And, RIAC discourage bidders going there? Too crowd, maybe?

I heard Julia only had 50 bidders sitting there. All other bidders were on phone. Those 50 must be local people. Not many bidders in Poulin either according to what I saw. I guess most were dealers. Some items sold from Poulin quickly turned to gunbroker.com and sold again. Poulin is not an auctioneer carrying high end items, frequently sold at relatively low price, but their items do fit gunbroker.com or gunauction.com well, and belong to "high end items" on those online sites, so some items were moved around in this layered selling system by people.

12-19-2017, 06:56 PM	#2
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Live Bidding Fee $217.50 -- So, you went there? They charged you a fee on sitting there bidding? In Julia, I saw a sign saying for winners spending $15,000, they discount $200. For winner spending $18,000, they discount $300. Of course, no one intentionally spending thousands to get that discount. It's not enough to cover the traveling cost either. But, at least, they do encourage bidders going there. And, RIAC discourage bidders going there? Too crowd, maybe? I heard Julia only had 50 bidders sitting there. All other bidders were on phone. Those 50 must be local people. Not many bidders in Poulin either according to what I saw. I guess most were dealers. Some items sold from Poulin quickly turned to gunbroker.com and sold again. Poulin is not an auctioneer carrying high end items, frequently sold at relatively low price, but their items do fit gunbroker.com or gunauction.com well, and belong to "high end items" on those online sites, so some items were moved around in this layered selling system by people.